Egypt denies torturing US terror suspects News
Egypt denies torturing US terror suspects

[JURIST] Egypt Sunday denied a recent Human Rights Watch report [HRW text] accusing it of torturing terror suspects transferred there by the US. The organization had accused Egypt [JURIST report] of torturing prisoners [JURIST report] which it said were transferred there in circumvention of international law. Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif said approximately 60 or 70 suspects had been transferred to his country by the US, but flatly denied the torture allegations. Reuters has more.